Space shuttle Endeavour landed safely at Kennedy Space Center, at 8:39 p.m. EDT.
During the 16-day mission, Endeavour's crew conducted five spacewalks. Three devoted to the assembly of the Dextre Robot, installation of related equipment, work to unberth the JLP, installation of spare parts and tools, installation of a materials experiment, replacement of a circuit-breaker box and demonstration of a repair procedure for tiles of the shuttle’s heat shield.
Astronaut Garrett Reisman officially joined the Expedition 16 crew, trading places with European Space Agency astronaut Léopold Eyharts, who returned to Earth aboard Endeavour after almost 50 days in space.
Photo credit: NASA TV
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